The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

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ult. for the winter.
WEST AND SOUTH.
The Norwegian bark Winona, from Para,
arrived at Pensacola, Fla, on the 9th. Dur
ing the voyage seven cases OF yellow fever
occurred on the vessel, two of which re-
suited fatally. The board of health has
ordered the vessel to quarantine.
William N. Sturges, better known in the
commercial world as "Jack" Sturges, died
at Chicago on the 26th. He became most
noted in the great corn corner of July and
August, 1874, in which he was the most
prominent figure He had but little of his
former possessions left at the time Of his
demise
At Galesburg, Ill, on the 28th W. G. Ar
mold was convicted Of having embezzled
81, 400 of the funds of the Covenant Mutual
Benefit Association, and was sentenced to
one years Imprisonment.
The Columbus (O.) Board of Trade on the
2Sth passed resolution to erect building
suitable for State conventions of all kinds.
1t will cost not less than S125,00o.
At st. Louis on the 2Sth water tank In
the refrigerating house of the Helm brew
cry fell through the roof, killing John
Keifer, an employe, and breaking the pipes
SO as to liberate quantity of ammonia gas
which was inhaled by two men whose
names are unknown.
At Middletown, O., on the 2Sth Mrs. Hen
erickson, while showing neighbor how
she would treat tramps if any molested her,
took revolver from a drawer and fired
shot in the air from the door. AS she was
returning it to the drawer the weapon was
in some way again discharged and Mrs
Hendrickson's five-year-old daughter was
instantly killed.
The river steamers City of Natchez and
R. 8. Hayes, together with four barges,
were destroyed by fire at Cairo, ILL.,, on the
28th. The barges wore loaded with cotton,
soda ash and sundries. The Natchez was
one of the finest steamers on the river.
The total loss will reach 81 ,00o, 900. The fire
originated in the steamer Hayes.
The boiler in the Armstrong mine at An
gus, Ia, exploded on the 2Sth, instantly
killing Sol Piper, John Blythe and Charles
Carson, and wounding two others.
| Collins & Co.'S rake and handle factory
at Garrettsville, O., burned on the 2Sth.
Loss s., 900, with only 81, ,000 insurance. This
| is the third time Mr.. Collins has been
burned out in this business.
| In saloon quarrel at Cairo, ILL.,, few
days ago, Thomas Spicer, colored, was
thrown to the floor by Henry Hayes and
Thomas Meahan, who covered him with
turpentine and set fire to his clothing. The
victim died soon after and the perpetrators
are in jail.
Hogs in the southern part of Cerro Gordo
County, Ia, are reported dying in large
numbers of what seems to be disease of the
| lungs Some drop dead instantly, while
| others linger several days, refusing to eat
or drink any thing and finally die. Many
farmers have lost their entire herds.
A fire originating in the toy, millinery
! and notion store of G. D. Smith, Sioux City,
Ia, on the 2sth, destroyed property to the
/ amount of SD 900. Insurance $4,000.
| The Indebtedness of The Texas cattle firm
of Peacock Bros. & Co., whose failure was
recently announced, is s255,35O and the as
sets amount to S355, 500.
The executive committee of the Freed
mems Aid Society Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church has recommended the trustees
of the Chattanooga university to request
Professor Calkins to resign on account of
discourtesy to colored minister.
Rev. Clayton Kelso, a Presbyterian min
lister, committed suicide at Macon, Mo-, on
the 2Sth ult. by hanging himself He had
Just returned from the funeral of his sister
and it is supposed that excessive grief over
her death unbalanced his mind.
At Eau Claire, Wis, on the 2Sth ult. the
Prohibitionists Of the Eighth Congress
sional district nominated Hugh Price for
the short Congressional term, and Peter
Truax of Ean Claire for the long term, to
succeed William T. Price, deceased.
The brewers of Cincinnati and Milwaukee
are raising funds for Arensdorf, the brewer,
who is under arrest at Sioux City, Ia, for
the murder of the Rev. Mr.. Haddock. They
say he has been singled out as victim by
temperance fanatics.
The Alliance accommodation on the Pitts
burgh & Fort Wayne railroad jumped the
track near Darlington, O., on the 29th ult.,
wrecking two passenger coaches and the
baggage car. Four passengers and two
employees received painful but not serious
injuries and q number Of others were
slightly hurt.
r. l.. Miller and his son have been in,
dicted by the grand jury of Tazewen
County, Va, for having set fire to their
hotel at Pocahontas last October, thereby
causing the death of George and Charles
Barber, two worthy young men of Poca-
hontas.
The authorities of Grenada, Miss, offer q
reward Of 1900 for the apprehension Of
George Gardner, wSo few nights ago as
sassinated Walter Dement, in the public
square of that city.
cago on the night of the 29th ult in an in
toxicated condition, sank down in his back
yard and froze to death.
Captain A. E. B. Sparrow, an English
man, went to Las Vegas, N. NJ, last june
and invested s75, 900 in bogus cattle com
pany. The investment proved an entire loss
. leaving him without means of support, anc
on the Goth ult he ended his existence by
suicide at Hot Springs.
Colonel James McDermott Rae, inventor
of the railway mail distribution scheme
died at his home in Toledo, o., on the 29tl
, ult.
The opera house at Galesburg, Ill, ownec
I by c. Brechwald & Co. and Aaron Nash
was totally destroyed by fire on the 29th ult
Loss about SIT, 600; insurance $4,000.
The steamer Bradish johnson, used as q
t boarding house at jackson, Ala, where the
> West Alabama railroad bridge is building
was burned on the night of the 29th ult
, Two whites, Otis McElroy and Dan Mil
5 house, are missing; and two negroes, Lewi
Adams and Ben Bush, were drowned. 1t il
believed that ten others, all negroes, per
ished in the flames, and ten others drowned
3 Fire in the spice mills of William Schot
/ ten, at st. Louis on the Both ult. caused
a loss on building of $40 900; on stock, S35, 600
t on machinery, $4,000; total, ss5,OO0; insuI
g ance, $4,000.
While conducting the examination Q
: Sheriff McKinney's murderers at Cotulls
II Tex, on the 30th ult., Judge Harwood fe
n from his seat to the floor dead. 1t is bt
Il lieved that death was caused bn an owe,
|, dose of morphine,
s Michael Davitt, the famous Irish patriot
was married at Oakland, Cal, on the 30t
l. ult. to Miss Mamie Yore.
d Cluverius, the condemned murderer c
g Fannie Lillian Madison, has sent out circI
,, lars to members Of the Virginia Assembl
{, for the purpose of getting them to sign
petition asking the Governor to grant him
Al reprieve until they meet
If The rumors of threatened strike on th
d Gould southwestern railroads about the 1.
h of January are pronounced absolutely witt
4, out foundation by prominent knights {
Labor and railroad men.
n William Lester fell into vat of pruss
:, acid at Works candle factory, Cincinnati
Y. on the Both ult. and was SO badly scalde
Is that death soon resulted.
IN In 1885 the Saginaw river mills mani
n- factured T9S, S56, 900 feet of lumber 227, 1853